Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
Docudrama that recounts the astonishing life story of a forgotten genius, English poet Alexander Pope, who lived from 1688 to 1744.
An entertaining docudrama that portrays the astonishing life of Alexander Pope (1688-1744), a forgotten genius and a child prodigy akin to Mozart. He was the greatest poet of the 18th century and is the second most quoted writer in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.
Pope stood at just four feet six inches tall. He was a hunchback and an outsider in every way, yet he made the equivalent, in today's money, of one million pounds from his poetry. His satire and wit are all around us, in our everyday speech and songs, yet few are aware of the author and his achievements.
Pope鈥檚 work is concerned with feminism, friendship, freedom of speech, the environment, corruption in government and what it means to be a moral citizen.
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Elvis Presley
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The Rolling Stones
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Emilia Fox |
Alexander Pope | Simon Callow |
Duchess of Marlborough | Harriet Walter |
Interviewed Guest | John Cleese |
Dr Johnson | Jeff Rawle |
Lord Byron | Shubham Saraf |
Lady Arabella Fermour | Agatha Elwes |
Interviewed Guest | Felicity Rosslyn |
Interviewed Guest | Philip Hensher |
Director | Sophie Bevan |
Director | Peter Bevan |
Broadcast
- Sun 10 Oct 2021 20:10
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